52nd Annual Delaware Show

(Virginia) Independent Company (fig. 5) ; and an 18th-century wax bust profile of Washington by celebrated Quaker artist Patience Wright. The scope and depth of the collection place the Museum of the American Revolution among the most significant collections of Washington relics in the nation. These fascinating items make up but a fraction of the displays to be seen at the museum, which will include a gallery and theater dedicated solely to the Washington marquee and related items (fig. 6) . We invite you to follow us online (www.amrevmuseum.org) as our new institution takes shape and look forward to seeing you in 2017 as we celebrate the opening of this important addition to the story of our nation’s founding. Fig. 5. Musket commissioned by George Washington from Philadelphia gunsmith Thomas Palmer in 1775. Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection Loan show sponsored by Fig. 6. The proposed Washington gallery at the Museum of the American Revolution. Dr. R. Scott Stephenson is Director of Collections and Interpretation at the Museum of the American Revolution. — 27 —